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District of Hebron
تلّ الصافي - תל א-צאפי
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Statistic/Fact Value
Israeli occupation date July 9, 1948
Distance from district center 35 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation from the sea 175 (meters)
Map location See location number #3 on the map
Israeli military operation Operation An-Far
Israeli attacking brigade The First Battalion of the Giva'ti Brigade
Village defenders Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, local Palestinian militias and some Arab Liberation Army volunteers.
Refugees' migration route Refugess headed to the Hebron hills.
Exodus Cause Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis The village was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansed by Israelis Tall al-Safi inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab 27,794
Jewish 1,120
Public 11
Total 28,925
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation 696 0
Area planted w/ olives 521 0
Planted W/ Cereal 19,716 1,115
Built up 68 0
Cultivable 20,412 1,115
Non-Cultivable 7,325 5
Population
before occupation
Year Population
1596 484
1922 644
1931 925
1945 1,290
1948 1,496
Est. Refugees 1998 9,190
Number of houses In (1931): 208 (includes three adjacent khirbas)
Town's name through history The Philistine referred to Tall al-Safi by the city of Gath.
Shrines/maqams The villagers maintained a shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Muhammad.
Nearby wadies & rivers Tall al-Safi is situated on the southern banks of Wadi 'Ajjur.
Archeological sites Tall al-Safi contains a Crusades castle and it also contains walls, burial places, a cave, and carved stones.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands No Israeli settlements on village lands.
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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"There are remnants of a well and the crumbling stone walls of a pool. A few tents belonging to a group of Bedouin are occasionally pitched nearby."

Display Name Clan/Hamolah Country of Residence
مصعب خالد ابو الريش لاجئ القويسمة, الخليل
محمد بهادر بهادر غزة
يوسف العزه العزه عمان , الاردن
Bassam Dauod genova, italia
ابراهيم بهادر قضاء الخليل, فلسطين
عماد جهاد عيسى لحسه لحسه فلسطين, فلسطين
رهام اللحسة فلسطين
زيد مغنم - -
محمد عايش - دبي
ابو ريام العمايره الزرقاء, الاردن
MAHMOOD ALAZZEH - -
عماد احمد الدسوقي الدسوقي مودينا ايطاتيا, ايطاليا
عماد عايش محمود سلمان عايش-البراهميه الرياض, السعوديه
هشام أيوب ابوالحاج ابوالحاج الخبر, السعودية
omar ismran ISMRAN RIYADH, KSA
احمد العزة العزة -
بلال أبو الريش - amman
مهند تل الصافي - -
khl قنديل amman, jordan
NABIL الحيلة AMMAN, JORDAN
Abdalhafez Shaher Mahmoud Kandil Kandil Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
هيثم حرب العزه العزه ِAmman,Jordan
Salwa Al-Azzeh Al Azzeh Jordan, Jordan
ميرال العزه تل الصافي
qosayazzeh العزة amman - jordan
Raed - Doha, QATAR
dj vampire327 اللحسة aroub camp, Palestine
Abu Zaki Al-Amassi Amman, Jordan
hassan alazzeh - balqa, balqa
محمد جمعة نوفل - الاردن, الاردن
الشرس علان عمان
محمد عيسى قنديل - الاردن, الاردن
ايوب ابو الحاج - -
Ahmed Al-seidi - Amman
احمد اللحسة - -
soliman abdel fattah alazzeh azzeh -
Hisham AL Dasouqi الدسوقي AMMAN, JORDAN
زياد الدسوقي Ziad Dasuki الدسوقي الصين
دجلة عايش البلقاء, تل الصافي
محمود اللحسه عمان, الاردن
جمال اللحسه عمان, الاردن
وليد اللحسه عمان, الاردن
محمد - -
اميل اللحسه عمان, الاردن
Fouad Azzeh Azzeh Al-ain, UAE
KAMAL AL-LAHSEH AMMAN, JORDAN
محمد اللحسة عمان, الاردن
Anas - Hebron
رائد البراهمية ابوظبي
ابو مصطفى ابوعفيفة -
Aysar hirzallah - Amman, Jordan
abo zeyad abo_alhaj -
Zaid Maghnam - -
ammar maghnam - -
احمد ابوعفيفه - مصر, مصر
مهند ابوعفيفه ابوعفيفه الرياض, السعودية
محمود Mahmoud اسمران Ismran اسمران Ismran لندن, بريطانيا
Mohanad Maghnam Maghnam Amman, Jordan
SHAHIR اللحسه Hebron
azzeh alazzeh azzeh amman, jordan
رامي حسين - -
aabuafifeh Abu-Afifeh Amman, Jordan
Eng. Abdulkareem Abualhaj Abualhaj Amman, Jordan
Abu Husam Al amassy palestine, palestine
Professor Mohammad abualhaj Abualhaj IL, U.S
abu nedal alamassy palestine, palestine
يوسف معدي Maddi Jordan, Jordan
Salah Qandeel - -
ibrahem aeysh aeysh amman, jordan
Ahmad DASOQI DASOQI Amman, Jordan
Ezz-Edine Al-Azzeh Al-Ain, Emirates
Yousef Alazzah Alazzah -
waleed mohamed saleh salameh - jordan, jordan
barakat salah salah falasteen, falasteen
- alazzah amman-jordan
Abu Ramsey Al-Amassi Nebraska, USA
Dr. Farouq Hijazi Hijazi -
MAHMOUD AL AZZEH AL AZZEH -
khader al azzeh العزه kuwait, kuwait
Ayman Al-Azzeh - -
jamal maghnam maghnam amman, Jordan
abdallah maddi - -
Abu Laith Dasoqi Illinois, USA
iyad aldasouqi aldasouqi amman, Jordan
Al-azzeh al-azzeh amman, jordan
Sameh Al-Azzeh Al-Azzeh Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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